Ansari visits
Myanmar tomorrow, 3 MoUs to be signed
Feb 6,
2009, http://www.zeenews.com
India will seek
to bolster its economic, energy and security
interests with Myanmar as Vice President Hamid
Ansari on Thursday begins a four-day visit to
that country during which three agreements are
to be signed in industry, transport and
telecommunication sectors---------(read
more)
South Asian Nations Approve
'Energy Ring' Launching
02.04.2009,http://energybangla.com
The South Asian countries have approved the
introduction of an 'energy ring' to facilitate
inter-country links for exchanging natural gas,
electricity and transfer of technology, official
sources said---------(read
more)
S Korean
firm seeks Burma mining rights 03-FEB-2009
Intellasia | Xinhua / Feb 6, 2009
A South Korean leading private company is
seeking investment in mineral exploration in a
major mine in Burma's northern Shan state, the
local weekly Yangon Times reported in this
week's issue----(read
more)
Gas and oil
pipelines to start in ‘09
Jan 22,
2009/ www.mmtimes.com
GAS and petroleum pipelines that would link
Rakhine coastal region and Kumming in Yunnan
Province, China, will start construction
in------(read
more)
PTTEP well
misses the mark off Burma
Jan 22,
2009/ www.energycurrent.com
BANGKOK: PTT Exploration and Production Public
Co. Ltd. (PTTEP) subsidiary PTTEP International
Ltd. has drilled exploration well Janaka-2 in
Block M3 in the Gulf of Mataban offshore Burma
and--------
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China urges
deferral of Bashir war crimes case
Jan 15,
2009/ By Andrew Heavens
KHARTOUM, Jan 7 (Reuters) - China, the biggest
investor in Sudan, said on Wednesday a war
crimes indictment against Sudan's president
would have a "disastrous" impact on the Darfur
conflict-----(read more)
China's CNPC
eyes 5 pct annual growth in oil and gas output
Jan 15,
2009/ http://asianenergy.blogspot.com
BEIJING, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Top Chinese oil firm
CNPC said it aims to raise oil and gas
production by 5 percent annually and maintain an
increase in its total investment despite-------(read more)
Thai PTTEP to
write off $27 mln for Myanmar M3 block
Jan
15, 2009/Reuters
BANGKOK, Jan 15 - Thailand's PTT Exploration and
Production PCL <PTTE.BK> said on Thursday it
would write off 930 million baht in the fourth
quarter of 2008 for a dry well in Myanmar's
offshore M3 block.
(read more)
Viettel To
Invest In Myanmar; Eyes N Korea,Cuba - State
Media
Jan 15,
2009
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Vietnam's Military Telecom
Corp., or Viettel,is finalizing plansto open a
representative office in Myanmar, paving the way
for-------(read more)
Xinhua: Myanmar
to grant more blocks for gem- mining
13 Jan 2009/
http://www.burmanet.org
Myanmar will grant four more blocks in three
states and division for local investors to carry
out gem mining, according to the Ministry of
Mines Sunday.
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PTTEP's
Block M7 well off Myanmar noncommercial
(Jan 8,2009) http://www.ogj.com
By an OGJ correspondent
BANGKOK, Jan. 2 -- PTT Exploration & Production
PLC (PTTEP)'s initial foray onto Block M7 in the
Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar, was unsuccessful,
raising doubts about the anticipated gas
potential.
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Foreign Investment in
Burma Soars
By THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS/ January 5, 2009
RANGOON —
Foreign investment in Burma—much of it from
China—nearly doubled in the first nine months of
2008 compared to the same period last year,
according to government statistics seen Monday.
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